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24 de may. de 2024 · The papers of Rosa Parks (1913-2005) span the years 1866-2006, with the bulk of the material dating from 1955 to 2000. The collection, which contains approximately 7,500 items in the Manuscript Division, as well as 2,500 photographs in the Prints and Photographs Division, documents many aspects of Parks's private life and public activism on behalf of civil rights for African Americans.
27 de may. de 2024 · Manhattan Project, U.S. government research project (1942–45) that produced the first atomic bombs. The project’s name was derived from its initial location at Columbia University, where much of the early research was done. The first bomb was exploded in a test at Alamogordo air base in southern New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
11 de may. de 2024 · Little Rock Nine, group of African American high-school students who challenged racial segregation in the public schools of Little Rock, Arkansas.The group—consisting of Melba Pattillo, Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Thomas, Gloria Ray, and Thelma Mothershed—became the centre of the struggle to desegregate public schools in the ...
9 de may. de 2024 · sit-in movement, nonviolent movement of the U.S. civil rights era that began in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960.The sit-in, an act of civil disobedience, was a tactic that aroused sympathy for the demonstrators among moderates and uninvolved individuals. African Americans (later joined by white activists), usually students, would go to segregated lunch counters (luncheonettes), sit in all ...
7 de may. de 2024 · The diagram below shows where Rosa Parks sat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955. At the time, the first ten seats on Montgomery buses were reserved for white passengers only. Parks was sitting in the eleventh row. When the bus filled up the driver told Rosa Parks to surrender her seat to a white man, but she repeatedly refused ...
24 de may. de 2024 · Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, född 4 februari 1913 i Tuskegee i Alabama, död 24 oktober 2005 i Detroit i Michigan, var en medborgarrättskämpe. Hon var utbildad sömmerska . Parks tilldelades flera av USA:s finaste civila utmärkelser, bland annat Ellis Island Medal of Honor 1986, Frihetsmedaljen 1996 och Amerikanska kongressens guldmedalj 1999.
Hace 2 días · Rosa Parks PTSA is a non-profit volunteer organization supporting all students at Rosa Parks Elementary. Together, we build a feeling of community and provide programs and activities that help enhance our children's education. Rosa Parks PTSA's mission is to be a powerful voice for children, a relevant resource for families and communities, and ...
